Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff
It was just past 4am when a suicidal Zane Shamblin sent one last message from his car, where he had…
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe | Social media
Late one night in April 2020, towards the start of the Covid lockdowns, Shanley Clémot McLaren was scrolling on her…
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support | Chatbots
It was after one friend was shot and another stabbed, both fatally, that Shan asked ChatGPT for help. She had…
Palantir: the world’s ‘scariest company’? – podcast | Palantir
Why do some consider Palantir the world’s ‘scariest company’ and who is its chief executive, Alex Karp? Michael Steinberger, the…
Foreign states using AI videos to undermine support for Ukraine, says Yvette Cooper | Foreign policy
Foreign countries are flooding social media with AI-manipulated videos to undermine western support for Ukraine, Yvette Cooper will warn on…
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers | US news
A coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new data centers in the US,…
Scores of UK parliamentarians join call to regulate most powerful AI systems | Artificial intelligence (AI)
More than 100 UK parliamentarians are calling on the government to introduce binding regulations on the most powerful AI systems…
Is AI a bubble that’s about to pop? – podcast | Artificial intelligence (AI)
For months there have been fears that artificial intelligence is a bubble and that it is about to burst. As…
A robot walks into a bar: can a Melbourne researcher get AI to do comedy? | Artificial intelligence (AI)
Robots can make humans laugh – mostly when they fall over – but a new research project is looking at…
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’ | Artificial intelligence (AI)
A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be…